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| Semester | fall semester 2018 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Heidi Brunner (heidi.brunner@unibas.ch)
Dag Henrichsen (dag.henrichsen@unibas.ch, Assessor) Susanne Hubler (susanne.hubler@unibas.ch) |
| Content | Drawing on the BABs colonial photo archives, we invite selected students for a Praktikum dealing specifically with photographic negative series and their direct prints (contact sheets). Negative series and contact sheets are neglected and underrated media in visual studies whilst forming the base of most 20th century photographic archives. Participants are required to engage with the actual processes of producing, archiving and researching negative series. First sessions have a strong practical focus whilst follow-up sessions discuss methodological approaches to the materiality of image archives and, in particular, aspects of seriality, next to and visual communication conventions between “white” photographers and African protagonists in colonial contexts. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase research results with respect to particular negative film series and/or contact sheet images. The Lehrveranstaltung will integrate the expertise of a photographer, photo archivist and photo curator. |
| Bibliography | Natalie Bayer, Belinda Kazeem-Kaminski (eds): Kuratieren als antirassistische Praxis. 2017 Paul Grendon, Giorgio Miescher, Lorena Rizzo, Tina Smith (eds): Usakos – Photographs Beyond Ruins. The Old Location Albums 1920-1960. Basel 2015 Wolfram Hartmann, Jeremy Silvester and Patricia Hayes (eds): The Colonising Camera. Photographs in the Making of Namibian History. Cape Town 1998 Stephan Krankenhagen, Viola Vahrson (eds): Geschichte kuratieren. Kultur und – kunstwissenschaftliche An-Ordnungen der Vergangenheit. Köln 2017 Kirsten Lubben: Magnum Contact Sheets. 2017 |
| Comments | Following the first two introductory sessions on Thursday 20 and 27 September 2018. further work shedules will be determined together. |
| Admission requirements | Participants should have some experience in at least one of the following areas: history of southern Africa; visual history; archives & archival research; exhibition & photographic work. If interested in participating in this project, kindly send an email stating your motivation and relevant experience to dag.henrichsen@unibas.ch |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Electives Bachelor History: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul Areas: aussereuropäisch (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul Praxis (Master's degree subject: History) Modul Praxis (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul Profil: Geschichte Afrikas (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Interdisciplinary and Applied African Studies (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Reflexion, Methodik, Praxis (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Transfer: Archivpraxis (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Lehrveranst. begleitend |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Departement Geschichte |